Activism

Help the US Hikers Seized in Iraq Help the US Hikers Seized in Iraq

Nearly one year after Iranian police arrested three Americans with trespassing and espionage, the movement for their release grows stronger.

Jun 29, 2010 / Rosamund Hunter

Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age

Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age

Since the detonation of the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, The Nation has been appropriately fearful of the singular devas…

Jun 29, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Power Without Petroleum Power Without Petroleum

A video exposes which elected officials are advocating for more drilling and also receiving millions in Big Oil contributions.

Jun 28, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Jailed US Hikers: “We Never Walked Into Iran” Jailed US Hikers: “We Never Walked Into Iran”

“We never walked into Iran,” the three American hikers who have been detained in Iran since July 2009 say during a televised interview last month.

Jun 28, 2010 / iReport

The Future of Education Reform The Future of Education Reform

NYU senior scholar Deborah Meier speaks with Pedro Noguera, guest editor of The Nation's special education issue, about the challenges facing the country's education system.

Jun 25, 2010 / The Nation

You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught

With conservatives increasingly shaping educational policies in states such as Arizona and Texas, The Nation's Melissa Harris-Lacewell wonders whether progressives are in danger ...

Jun 25, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught

With conservatives increasingly shaping educational policies in states such as Arizona and Texas, The Nation's Melissa Harris-Lacewell wonders whether progressives are in danger of...

Jun 25, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate

Proposition 8, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and Civil Unions? Nation Senior Editor Richard Kim and writer Reihan Salam talk it all out on Bloggingheads.tv.

Jun 24, 2010 / Press Room

Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate

Proposition 8, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and Civil Unions? Nation Senior Editor Richard Kim and writer Reihan Salam talk it all out on Bloggingheads.tv.

Jun 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Bloggingheads

Detroit’s Social Forum: Hope in a Crisis Detroit’s Social Forum: Hope in a Crisis

At the US Social Forum in Detroit, activists from diverse backgrounds are making common cause.

Jun 24, 2010 / Ben Ehrenreich

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